setzen
Sentences
Die beiden verbliebenen Mitglieder setzen das Projekt als Duo mit Gastmusikern fort .
The two remaining members continue the project as a duo with guest musicians.
Meaning
- (causative,form-of,transitive,weak) causative of sitzen: to set; to put
- (reflexive,weak) to sit down
- (reflexive,weak) to settle
Concepts
put on clothes
put onto
turn to account
pass oneself off
set type
do something in advance
make use of
Synonyms
sich setzen
sich niederlassen
anpflanzen
sich hinsetzen
sich niedersetzen
Kleider anziehen
seinen Hintern auf einen Stuhl quetschen
hinpflanzen
in einen Sessel fallen lassen
niedersetzen
daraufsetzen
darüberlegen
darübersetzen
einkopieren
hineingießen
hineinlegen
hineintun
Frequency
Hyphenated as
set‧zen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɛtsən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan. Cognate with Hunsrik setze, English set, Dutch zetten.
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sitzen
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to sit; to perch
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to stay (in one place); to remain; to be (in a particular place or state)
- (class-5,intransitive,strong) to fit
- (class-5,intransitive,regional,strong) to be (e.g. with voller)
- (class-5,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to do time; to spend time in jail
- (class-5,colloquial,intransitive,strong,usually) to hit home; to have a significant effect
- (Switzerland,class-5,intransitive,strong) to sit down
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